Howdy, Neighbor!

It's a young ash or hickory tree. Both are pretty common here and at this stage they look a lot alike to me - although I'm sure there are other folks here who can probably tell the difference even now! :)

Anyways, it is way too close to your house to stay there.

FataMorgana

Hi there, neighbor! Thanks for the reply...

I kind of had a feeling it was a tree of some sort that would need moving. I'd like to transplant it down to the empty spot between the sidewalk and road. When is the best time of year to do so, any idea?

The bigger it gets, the more difficult it will be to move. I'd move it now. Plus with all the recent rain (we're going to need an ark soon!), the ground is really soft and will make it much easier to dig up.

FataMorgana

Chiller, if you can, I'd wait until fall, when the leaves have fallen off the sapling. Deciduous trees are best transplanted when "dormant". It will not have grown out of the range where you can handle it in just this one more growing season.

+oM

Opposite leaf arrangement = Ash, not Hickory.

Don't count on Ash being a permanent plant for you, what with the scourge of Emerald Ash Borer all about.

Most recent news on EAB is that it may be considerably less a scourge than previously thought. Here in E. Wisconsin, even though the insect has been identified in several locations, there is nothing like an overall invasion going on. Perhaps we just haven't seen the worst yet, but for example, our DNR hung thousands of traps last summer in the N.E. quadrant of the state. The results.............zero EAB found. Trapping is being done again this year, so perhaps this will change. But sofar at least, this situation has not gotten too bad.

+oM